THANKS FOR A WONDERFUL FOURTH OF JULY

Thanks to everyone for a wonderful Fourth of July! I had a blast hanging out and catching up with you all and I am thankful for those who took the time to make the holiday get together. Thanks Teresa and John for all of your effort on the DECK - it looked beautiful and I know it was a ton of work to get that ready! Thank you Teresa (and Jackson) for being such a gracious hostess(host), the food was wonderful, tasty and filling! Thanks to all those who did the behind-the-scenes work on clean-up, house-prep and food planning, grocery and planning! Thanks Dan & Matt for the most excellent Fireworks display: awesome! Thanks Carol & Mark for traveling the farthest, great bakedbeans! and it was good to see Corel!! I know that its a lot of work and effort on everyones part to make these events happen, and its really not the same when we have family members absent. I cherish these times! ps- love the grill! O and one more things:; didnt the old folks kick some volleyball behind?

Matt's Paintball Tournament - PSP Chicago 2010

Matt competed in the PSP's Chicago Event this past weekend, his team Cincinnati Paintball took second place in their division! (D4 Xball) Here are some pics from the event:

Reminder - July 4th - This weekend

July 4th is this weekend!

FAM:

LOVE the idea of the home made ice cream.. strawberry would be wonderful or any ripe and sweet fruit or melon.

Sam and Matt- what wonderful dish are you bringing?

need to hear from Marks crew; i called Carol and left her a message; no reply yet:(

the pit crew is wondering if the family would like to play croquet instead of volleyball????? need feedback please.
T

YUM, YUM

yum, yum on the ice cream. ugh! maybe some spinach salad would be good.

YardSale Victory

Thank You Rosalie and Jaqui for all of your hard work in moving that YardSale stuff off the driveway and into other people's houses (and basements). My basement is relatively clean and clear now! Hope you both had a good time even though it was hard work. It was fun for me to have you up for the weekend, even though we didn't get out on the boat. Thanks again, you both are wonderful!

Planning for July4th family celebration

hi Everyone,
Our family cookout in LEX is gettting closer...... start thinking about what wonderful dishes each of you wil bring. I'll supply the beef and some fish, plates, silverware and cups. I will also have some wine and beer. (if you want some special type of beer you may want to bring it)
- each family unit should bring two dishes and if possible, can you let me know ahead of time so we can work out a nice balance in our meal?????
- we have corn hole game and are thinking about setting up a volleyball net in the yard.
who wants to play volleyball?
also, let me know if you are NOT coming.... (i expect everyone to come)
- dan said he would start working on the fireworks.
- its also Joe's b-day so we'll have some kind of cake for him.
any other ideas???

Teresa

NEWS FLASH 27TH B'DAY FOR GG on June 13th

GG, Happy Birthday on Sunday, June 13th.
GG, We were up at Uncle Mark's house for a get-together & I looked over at you pulling a wagon with the little kids in it & yelled at you to look at me. This picture was not a posed picture & it is my most favorite picture of you. Have a good one. Love Grandma

I'll try again

oh heck

Here are the other 2 pictures.

My garden

Hi Family, I want to give an update on what is going on with me. On Tuesday,
May 4th, I planted my garden. I planted Silver Queen corn, green beans, 5 different tomatoes, onions, zucchini, green & red peppers, sweet banana peppers, cucumbers, cantelope & butternut squash. I also have strawberries that I have eaten from. I am sending a picture of my garden & beautiful smelly roses. I hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I will when the crops come forth. Love to all.

no blogging

if there isn't going to be any blogging by the family then i have no intention of maintaining the blog...

-Matt

Thank you all for the birthday greetings.

Well, it is good to be back blogging. Maybe this time we will not get bored with it & really get some word out. Just left Cincy & had a great time. Ate, shopped, theatre ( it was the best production I have seen in a long time, when Ben stole the show when he walked up the wall and tap-dance, up-side down across the ceiling & walked back down the wall again).Great show. Matt & Sam, I really like the blog set-up. Thank you for doing it for the family. GG, I am sorry I didn't get to see you but thanks for the card. Jaqui & Brandon, thank you got the calls. Glad to see Sam & thanks, Matt for the call. You are to sweet. Teresa, thank you for the call I'll see you soon & John & Joe, didn't hear a word from them, neither Mark or Carol. Oh well, I am not going to acknowledge any more b'days anyway. This is the last. HAHA.
I am going to go on line & see if we can fet a house in Hocking Hill for Thanksgiving. We need to plan for that NNNNNNNNNOW if everyone wants to do that. I will email Dan & Anita with what ever I see that might be good & we can see how many want to participate. Also, great idea for the 4th of July. Lets DO ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT. lOVE TO ALL.

Happy B day Rosalie!

Hey everyone,

good to be back blogging again.
To Rosalie the matriarch of the family: happy birthday mom. sending my prayers for you continued health and joy.

to ALL: kickin around the idea of a family get together/barbecue on July 4th. welcome comments... yeah or ney???

Easter Vacation

Dan, Anita, Matt and I traveled to Gatlinburg, TN for an Easter weekend get-away! It was so peaceful and a much needed break away from the hustle and bustle of Cincinnati.  We hiked everyday, all three dogs included, and were able to relax, shop, and exercise! 

email addresses

i need the email address of those who want to be "authors" of the blog. Meaning that if you want to post on the blog I NEED YOUR EMAIL!

the following people i need emails of:
theresa
mark & carol
stephen
joe
jon
jaqui
anyone else?
email me: samcarp26@gmail.com & ill add you to the list of authors

Nice work blog administrators!!!

Glad to see things rebuilt and moving forward after that terrible Volcano storm!
The new look is great ....
Looking forward to creative posting.

Don't forget the next family Birthday .....Rosalie April 17th .....
Surprise party this weekend at our house.
Oops shouldn't have blogged about that?!

She is spending her bday weekend in Cincy send her well wishes or stop by and see her !


Welcome back Y'all (kentucky for everyone)

Welcome Back!

Welcome back to our NEW blog! The old one was deleted in a terrible volcano storm. It was horrible.

Anyway, welcome back, please take a minute to check out the new look, I may change it upon good worthwhile requests. Feel free to post family members & those related and/or involved with family members & extensive members. Hope you like it, talk to you soon! :)

Sam & Matt